Overall Rating Silver - expired
Overall Score 64.54
Liaison Shane Stennes
Submission Date Oct. 25, 2012
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STARS v1.2

University of Minnesota, Twin Cities
PAE-21: Sustainability in Continuing Education

Status Score Responsible Party
Complete 0.00 / 7.00 Shane Stennes
Director of Sustainability
University Services
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Does the institution offer continuing education courses that are focused on or related to sustainability?:
Yes

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Number of sustainability continuing education courses offered :
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Total number of continuing education courses offered:
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Does the institution have a sustainability-related certificate program through its continuing education or extension department?:
No

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A brief description of the certificate program:
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Data source(s) and notes about the submission:
The College of Continuing Education partners with organizations across the state to plan and implement professional development conferences. Many of these conferences include workshops or sessions that are focused on or related to sustainability. Examples of conferences incorporating sustainability include: -Annual Concrete Conference -Minnesota Pavement Conference -Center for Transportation Studies Research Conference -Water Resources Annual Conference -Building Officials Institute -Minnesota Power Systems Conference -City Engineers Annual Conference -County Engineers Annual Conference For more information: http://www.cce.umn.edu/Programs-and-Courses/Courses-Conferences-and-Events/Professional-Development-Conferences/index.html In addition to these conferences other colleges and units provide opportunities for continuing education focused on or related to sustainability, such as the University's Initiative on Renewable Energy and the Environment's E3(Energy, Economy, and Environment) conference, an annual conference for renewable energy. It is not possible to develop a count of the number of workshops offered, on sustainability or in total, via these conferences.

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